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Capital Gazette suspect sent threatening letters before shooting

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The gunman who police say shot several journalists and staff at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis last week sent three threatening letters beforehand. Photo by Jay Fleming/EPA-EFE

By Sara Shayanian, UPI

Maryland investigators say the gunman who opened fire at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis last week sent three threatening letters before the deadly attack.

Officials said letters were sent to the paper's former attorney, Maryland's Court of Special Appeals and a Baltimore City judge.

[post_ads]One was signed by accused shooter Jarrod Ramos said he was on his way to the newspaper to kill "every person present." The letter was dated June 28, the day of the attack.

The letter was written to look like a court filing and sought a "Motion for Reconsideration" by Maryland's top court, which in 2016 refused to hear a defamation case Ramos had filed against the Gazette.

"You were too cowardly to confront those lies, and this is your receipt," the letter stated. "I told you so."